The absolute certainty we have is the Truth of Jesus — and He welcomes us all into the outreach of humble and gracious servant-hearted Faith.
You know how you once cracked jokes with them, did life with them? How you made loud, laughing memories with them around tables, had grown real bonds of friendship for each other, and you actuall...
I could not connect with them because I was too busy feeling sorry for them to look across and see them as the same as me.
If I wanted Him, then I wanted what He had for me. What He had for me was this marriage. This impossible marriage.
For a thousand days, I allowed something to go unsettled and unhealed in both of us because of an offense to my pride.
We all stand equal at the foot of the Cross, because we all belong to Christ.
We do anything we can think of to alleviate their pain, to remind them they’re worthy of lovingkindness—because God says they are.
For godly people and leaders specifically, pain is often the tool God uses to help us realize our passion and purpose.
Sincere believers can disagree on certain matters, sometimes quite strongly, and still maintain deep respect, honor, and affection toward each other.
May we show the world whose we are by our love for one another.
I wasn’t hungry, but I was starving for space, for the comfort in knowing that no words are needed to experience the fullness of being wholly alive.
How do imperfect, frail human beings find the resources to heal from distancing and rejection, to respond to such violence with such love, and to commit to “work on their own healing” instead...
With more than fifteen years of counseling experience, I have learned that both those who follow Jesus and those who do not are longing and desperately searching for happiness.
In order to move from awareness to acknowledgment, we must first be brave enough to accept the historical truths and modern realities.
For all of us, the universal call is to lay down our swords, listen, learn from our differences, and build something beautiful.
In order to move from awareness to acknowledgment, we must first be brave enough to accept the historical truths and modern realities.
We need an experience with the Word in the world that penetrates the recesses of our hearts.
For godly people and leaders specifically, pain is often the tool God uses to help us realize our passion and purpose.
We know the good that comes from being known, and we are no longer afraid of it.
It’s always easier to see the blindspots of another culture, and another political position, and another’s heart, than it is our own.
As meager and ineffective as my prayer seems, it nevertheless keeps me tethered to hope.
Let us be the family who doesn’t leave loved ones in the trenches, but steps down into those trenches and locks arms with the ones we claim to love.
Nothing is beyond God’s capacity, ability, or desire to redeem, restore, and reconcile.
Jesus has rescued each and every one of us, and as we follow Him in this world, He’s beckoning us to join His work of rescue.
God wants us to start living in that place where calling meets action.